In many respects, SVG is the easiest method of achieving text effects on web pages, across multiple platforms: SVG is supported on all modern browsers, including IE9. The code to create the stroked text above is fairly straighforward:

As you can see, styles within SVG are very similar to the way they are used in HTML. The primary difference at this simple level is that you cannot use color: instead, you use fill. You can also see that outlining the text is much easier than doing so via CSS.